Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge 2017
131 schools submitted their electricity bills, 159 schools submitted their water bills and 128 schools submitted the recycling receipts for the school project competition. The total carbon reduction by participating schools in IMELC 2017 is 510,126.29kgCO2. If the pattern was replicated to all 346 schools, in 1 year 2,215,733.55kgCO2 can be reduced. RM15,543.96 electricity bills and RM30,860.56 water bills were saved and RM27,281.33 was collected from recycling. Therefore, a total of RM106,164.09 was saved and earned by the participating schools in IMELC 2017. If the pattern was replicated to all 346 schools, in a year RM21,975,339.90 can be saved and earned. Therefore, on average, a school can save and earn RM63,512.54 in a year through IMELC
List of Winners
Final Presentation
1st place – SJK(C) Kuo Kuang - RM10000 cash prize
2nd place – SJK(C) Masai – RM8000 cash prize
3rd place – SK Kempas – RM5000 cash prize
Special award – SK Canossioan Convent (M) (Special Award for participation in ProjectBased Learning) and SK Queen Elizabeth (Special Award for their effort to complete the
workbook using Braille) – a 3R Cage for each school
Recycling
1st place –SK Nong Chik - 18,949.5kg – RM2000 cash prize
2nd place – SJKC Kuo Kuang – 11,024kg – RM1500 cash prize
3rd place – SJKC Masai – 8765kg – RM1000 cash prize
Electricity & Water Saving
1st place –SJK(T) Permas Jaya - average reduction 42% - RM1200 cash prize
2nd place – SK Kempas – 37% - RM800 cash prize
3rd place - SJKC Tampoi – 36% - RM500 cash prize